Sen. Jim DeMint to Head Heritage Foundation — South Carolina U.S. Senator Jim DeMint will replace Ed Feulner as president of the Heritage Foundation. Mr. DeMint will leave his post as South Carolina's junior senator in early January to take control of the Washington think tank, which has an annual budget of about $80 million.

Good riddance, Mr. DeMint — Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) is leaving the Senate to take over the Heritage Foundation. He will replace Ed Feulner as the conservative think tank's president. He expressed no qualms about leaving the Senate before his term is up, nor did he reflect on his legislative achievements, of which none come to mind.

Mark Sanford Mulls Second Act in South Carolina — So could Sen. Jim DeMint be followed by...Sen. Mark Sanford? — Don't rule it out. In an interview, the former South Carolina governor said he'd been by bombarded Thursday by calls and emails from former donors and allies encouraging …

Democrats watch in awe as McConnell filibusters himself — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) introduced legislation to raise the debt ceiling on Thursday, apparently with the intent of showing that even Democrats would not support such a bill. — However, McConnell's plan backfired …

At Boehner's Request, He and Obama Negotiate Alone — WASHINGTON — At House Speaker John A. Boehner's request, Senate leaders and Representative Nancy Pelosi have been excluded from talks to avert a fiscal crisis, leaving it to Mr. Boehner and President Obama alone to find a deal, Congressional aides say.

McConnell Filibusters His Own Bill To Lift Debt Ceiling — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) wanted to prove on Thursday that Democrats don't have the votes to weaken Congress' authority on the debt limit. Instead they called his bluff, and he ended up filibustering his own bill.

Adelsons donate $33 million to GOP super PACs in closing days — Washington (CNN) - Nevada casino mogul Sheldon Adelson and his wife Miriam contributed $33 million to two major Republican super PACs in the closing weeks of the 2012 campaign, according to campaign finance disclosure reports filed Thursday …

Romney campaign raised $85.9M in final weeks — The final days of Mitt Romney's campaign were a prosperous ones for the Republican presidential candidate, even if the funds raised didn't translate to success at the polls. — Romney raised $85.9 million in the period from October 18 to November 26, the campaign announced Thursday.

Bill Clinton: I don't know whether Hillary will run — CUPERTINO — Don't bother asking Bill Clinton if his wife is going to run for president in 2016. — “If I did know, I wouldn't tell you,” he said Wednesday evening, fielding the first of many questions from a packed audience …

The Republican Anti-Tax Maginot Line — circa 1939: A French officer points in the direction of Berlin, from a fort on the Maginot Line. — The remarkable crack-up of the Republican Party's two-decade wall of unyielding anti-tax absolutism has resulted from a combination of circumstances …

Bewitched by Obama — Even Jonathan Swift, who said that promises and pie crusts are made to be broken, might have marveled at the limited shelf life of Barack Obama's promise of a “balanced” deficit-reduction plan — substantial spending cuts to accompany revenue increases.

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